From: Kathryn Hogg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Mary Gardiner wrote:
> > Depending on how new you are, you don't know where the manuals are. Man
> > is useless if you don't know the command. There are some people
> > installing Linux these days who have *never* used a command prompt.
>
> Classic case is that by the time I first used Unix in 1983 or so, I
> thought it was pretty odd that it didn't have a "rename" file command.
> I tried to man everything I had come across in the other 5 or so OS's I
> had used in school. I even read Rob Pike's book cover to cover and was
> still perplexed. It's just not going to jump out you to do "man mv"
> even if you know how to use man.
Back when I learned UNIX, which was around the same time as
Kathryn, I read the entire UNIX manual set, cover to cover. Which
was pretty easy considering there weren't as many commands
back then ;-)
I think there's a difference between asking "RTFM" questions for
really simple things that could be found with a small amount of
looking, and slightly weirder things. Which the "rename" example
sounds a bit like. I mean, it is a bit counter-intuitive that "rename"
is called "mv" ;-) On the other hand, I think UNIX/Linux users
should be expected to learn the basic commands -- which begs
the question "Does Linux have a `learn' command?"
-- Julie.
_______________________________________________
issues mailing list
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/issues
